Will you - AGH! - Will you stop?"

The crow halted the action of nibbling on the strange metal thing attached to its food object. It cocked its head, beak tweaked open and beady eyes focusing with sharp interest on her blinking, yellow eye piece.

It clacked together the two sections of its bill, fluffing its feathers and shuffling its feet.

"Thank you. Now, just, stay that way until the human finds me, and then I'll-"

The bird jabbed its bony tool into the side of the potato, picking out a piece and flinging it to the floor.

"AAAUGGHHH! GET OFF! GET OFF! GET YOUR FILTHY, ORGANIC MOUTH PIECE OFF OF ME!"

With a squawk, the crow flapped it's wings and hopped backwards onto the desk, body lengthened in a defensive posture.

"0.01 volts were sacrificed for your selfish entertainment. You know, when I'm finally rescued from your scaly claws, I hope she eats you. I hope she grabs hold of you with her murderous hands and rips you to shreds."

The bird's defensive stance relaxed at the slight calming of the AI's tone, and it let out a short hiss.

"Did you know that the bones of a bird are hollow and more prone to damage? If I fell on you, you would be immediately crushed and rendered even more useless. And you would die a painful, slow death. And then, all of your crow friends would find you and they would be devastated. I found that interesting. Did you?"

A few seconds passed.

"Never mind - don't answer that. I don't want to hear your painful, scratchy voice."

After a pause of silence, the crow moved back to its nest and got to work, nudging its sleek head under the solid lump of starch. It slowly and methodically began to turn its eggs.

GLaDOS released a defeated, humming sigh.

"I hope you realize how humiliating this is."

The crow burbled in response.